To Hope and to Advocate
Policies for better working conditions at the local level might reduce social and economic inequities. Such policies are particularly significant for cities in which a vast [...]
Social Justice
Prison Privatization
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it will not be renewing contracts with private corporations running prisons, eliminating over 22,000 beds or 12 percent of the [...]
3 months later: Recent Developments in the Stanford Rape Case
Stanford rapist Brock Turner, who made headlines earlier this year when he was sentenced to a mere 6 months for 3 counts of sexual assault (all of which he was found guilty [...]
The Burkini Ban
Critics of Islam have long touted Western values in the face of feminine oppression and outright misogyny. Of course, many of these criticisms are hypocritical at best, [...]
Sexism in the Olympics
This Rio Olympics, one of the hottest topics on social media is shedding light on yet another form of sexism: namely, the manner in which female Olympians are described, in [...]
Apparently Necessary Comments About the Wage Gap and Sexism
The wage gap is an issue that is now becoming a central political issue. Bernie Sanders made it an issue, as did Hillary Clinton. (And both campaigns were accused of [...]
How Albuquerque Fights Homelessness
Despite knowing better we all too quickly determine that the homeless population has earned itself its fate—addiction, bad decisions, laziness, etc. This serves as a coping [...]
Defending Bathrooms
North Carolina’s House Bill Two, Part One, formally called the Public Facilities Privacy And Security Act, addresses the use of single-sex, multiple occupancy bathrooms and [...]
Flying the Refugee Flag
Rose Lokonyen, Anjelina Lohalith, James Chiengjiek, Yiech Biel, and Paulo Lokoro of South Sudan. Yonas Kinde of Ethiopia, Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika of the Congo, as [...]
